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6 THE SUN, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1915. HATUllDAY, JULY 01, 1015. Entered at the. 1'oit omc at New Tork u Hscond Clui 1UII MatUr. flub.rrlpllonii by Mll, foetpaltl. DAILY, Per Month t 3 JMII.V, l'er Vesr VO K'.NtiAY, I'cr Month M H NDAV (tn Canada), Per Month.... tv ftNDM', l'er inr t no imii.v ami mt.vDAY, rr Ter.... s no DAILY AX It BU.MJM, l'er AlOnin... iJ Konr.ids tUTtl. DAM Y. Month t tJ KL'SHW, l'er Month . i UA1I.Y AM) Ht'.NDAY, Per Month... 1 10 Tltr. UVriNtS'ri flt'.V, Per Month 8 Til' I MINIMI HUN i l'er Ter I 80 Till I.Vl.MMJ HU.V(loreln),rrMo. 1 UJ AM checks, moner ordr, Aa, t ma.W u)jj.i tu Tim 8Ls. rus lhd daily. Ineludlnf Sundar. br the Pun I .itlrui and l'ubllnhlna- Association at 1SD ,, -m street. In the Iioruuch of Man Italian X w York. President anil Tfejs urt , VI limn C. Itetek. ISO Nassau streat! Vlie-pie. ,ent, IMward 1" Mitchell. 159 Nassau street, fjtcrttary, C E. Luxton, lil Nassau itrset. Headers of Ttii! Ses leavlnt town for the summer mnntns run nave inn oanjr inn Hunts.? and eenlnir editions delivered t them In anr nart of thla country or Ku rope nn the terms slated above, Addrs. tjianireii as rien as tieiirfii. uroer inroua-n neTJealpr or dlrectlx or Publication Of fice, telephone 2100 Urekman. lyondon offlre, KSmtham II out, 1 Aran an street, Htranu Paris unit, ( Hue de la Mlehodltr, S Hue du yuntre Peptembre. Washington omce. lllbbt nutldtnc. Brooklyn omen. 10 Livingston tuL It up trttnAt iAa dts-.r us iHIA msitti- tcrtptt and tlluttratlont lor publication u-lsA to hut relcclrtt articles rtturneii trv mutt m ail cat3 una tramp jot mar purpott. Business l.ffects of a Year of War. With nil the manifest citratarance of tho welted gambling In munition nharca and Uesilt lta warning vlo tenet, the activity and strength which developed la the stock market this month ara an adequate summary of the- country's business experience In the first year of the great war. A year ago to-day the Now York Stock Exchange closed Its doors In order to assist In limiting tho spread of the panic "which was caused by the out break of the war; and "Wall Street aspects now measure tho difference which the experience of war has made iu tho commercial and financial outlook. Such a speculative craze oc curs only when hope has been fired by evidence thnt powerful fnctors are working for expanding volumes and values, when nicu seo In their own af fairs and all around them that profits are being made and that a prospect of profit offers. From time to time all the features of change for the belter In the money market. In foreign trade, In tie em ployment of labor and capital, In the market for agricultural products. In railroad earnings. In the output of our Industrie ami the like have been duly and widely discussed. There Is no need to review them In detail or elaborate them here. It stifllces to say that tliey evince tho growth of n sturdy confidence In the banking and buliios community, for It has been found that the war has not hurt our business disastrously. On the con trary, It has put In operation Influ ences for business expansion. Ileforo the wax started we were su no ring Increasing depression. In part tills was on nccount of the liu poiullir,- catastrophe abroad. In largo part It was tho result of n fantastic era of politics which had sought to tnnko business better by choking It to death with all manner of govern mental restraints on Initiative and opportunity. Not only has the war released forces which have worked to stimulate economic activity here; It has had tho wonderful and desir able consequence of shattering politi cal Illusion and Inaugurating a proc ess of converting our politics to prac tical views. Thero could lie no hotter proof of tho diminished prestlgo of the politi cal dreamer than tho steps which Washington la taking to strengthen tho country's preparedness against war. When nn Administration ultra pacifist In its origins can go so far in descending to facts there is as surance that politics In so practical a matter as business wlfl hold on In creasingly constructive attitude. Whatever the costs of tho war may be, whatever the current of events as regards our relations to It, there Is every reason In tho record of a twelve month why our farmers, merchants, manufacturers end bankers, our capi tal mid our labor should commit them selves to forward efforts. Thought of the more remote future Is depress ing and tends to paralyzo action. The facts of the concrete present set forth In tho business recovery already made nnd In the Incentives for expan sion supplied by the vast opportunity which finds us outside, of the geo graphical area of the war prompt to the new enterprise which extends the borders of prosperity. Tho times call for prudence and thrift, not for recklessness and ex travagance, but they call even more emplmtl'-ill.v fur courage and expendi ture In forward Hues. From the panic of Inst year to the boom of this year Wall Street may have been making pimnnvliiit ecstatic progress, but while Wall Street often discounts the future too rapidly and overmuch In tho long run ft only engages in anticipating the re.potie of tho wholo country to business facts. Brisk linings nt Sen. That is a fine line of forelgu (Ilrlt Islu merchant steamers, with excel lent passenger accommodations, which wo are to have from our own port of New York through our own inter oceanic canal to nnd fcom tho west conit of South America. And thoro biu rumors also that we may hate a fhlneso Hun through thu canal, run ning line steamers between the Flow try Kingdom nnd our North Itlver waterfront Tho Japanese nro al ready looking after our 1'aelfle Ocean commerce, including transportation of our tnnlls, lately handed over to them m one of the preliminaries to the final disappearance of the American flag from 1'aclfic shipping. Considering their war embnrrasv mcnts Kngliind, Franco and Italy are doing a good business and making n good deal of money out of us by car rying merchandise our legislative j sagacity excludes from American bot toms. Spain, Greece, Holland, Den I mark, Norway and Sweden, all con tribute toward filling the void made j by the absenco of tin American mer cantile marine from the high seas. On 'the a rent takes the Canadian ship ping lines are actively preparing to I take over our passenger nnd freight carrying business In anticipation of the Furuseth-I.a Folletto devastation duo In the coming November. And colncldently with all these cheering developments thero comes a revival of rumors about our having a Clovernmont owned lino of steamers through tho canal to South American ports as soon as tho legislative pre liminaries can be completed. In that connection It is Interesting to refer to statements made Just a year ago by l'ostmaster-Oenoral I,rnr.EsoN him self an nnlont advocate of Govern ment ownership In urging before the Sennte Committee on Tost Offices nnd Post Itoads tho advisability of hand ing over a largo part of the rural de livery service to private operation under lease. "Hy so doing." paid Mr. nt-Rt.rso, MI have not tho sllehtet doubt thnt I could effect n saving to the Govern ment of from $10,000,000 to flS.000,000 a year." Hut what would be n trlfio of $18,000,000 or $50,000,000 n year charged off to Government business Incompetence In the matter of n Gov eminent owned steamship line? It would all be made up In taxes, nnd If the Furuseth-Ii Folletto submarine hnd loft any prlvatocompetltnrsnfloat they would naturally bo called upon to pay their share of ruining what wns left of their business. In ITumblo Walks, a Hcncfactor of Ills Kind. "Princeton's 'St. Peter' Dead." so runs a melnncholy headline. Some 7.000 sons of Old Nassau bnvo known "St. Peter." the keeper of the keys of tho collego chapel; graduates of tho last twenty-fivo years, who never know that they know Charlls Van Martf.b, useful and respected citizen of the llttlo Jersey town nnd custo dian of the spiritual welfare, at least In tho forms of ceremonial observance, of McCosn'a and Patto.n'b "boys" and tho staid young gentlemen under Woonitow the I-nyman nnd tho present occupant of Proiect, who unless tho Joyous way of elder generations bo wholly lost Is "Jack" HnmEX. In the memory of graduates an cient Indeed but not yet antique, "St. Peter" of Nassau was himself youth ful enough in spirit to enjoy the pranks of youth nnd to need for tho enforcement of discipline and tho maintenance of dignity n quite trans parent assumption of nn ncld severity no part of his genial true nature. In those days ho wns not least among tho real rulers of the College of New Jersey, brother In arms of Johnny Di:onan, Mercury of tho discipline committee of the faculty Olympians, and Sam tho watchman. Never wnn there such a collection of k-autifut fishing tackle, fine guns nnd treasures of the sportsman as that cumulative thesaurus which the rlo old gentle man luherited from successive genera tions of Prlncetonlnns. How oft in tho llttlo room under College Offices has Jolly Hen Cray sighted n keen and envious eyo along those clouded barrels; Hen Gray, who, presiding over the destinies of tho little shuttle train on tho Branch It has carried such hosts of good men anil true, plain folks ami famous, as not tho Main Uno itself can surpass Instructs the multitudes in tho proper utterance of melodious "Pur-rlnee-fmi." Johnny Deonan, "do you want me," held tho post of honor and real respect in the too, too familiar yet not ribald "fac ulty song." But of these gentlemen, mighty In Influence, none dwelt closer to the heart of John WiTHF.nsrooN'.s school of freedom than blessed "St. Fetor." "Required chapel" conflicted with breakfast and tho matutinal plunge nnd shower In the "tank." Keen were tho "cutters," keener still tho eye nt the gate. Tho echoes of the last stroko of the warning Ml had not begun to rebound from the ivied walls of West and tho Halls when In the faco of the collnr lighting, breathle", stragglers the heavy doors swung to. Yet who of those old timers of Prince ton has not known tho thrill of thanks thnt must die unuttered In the breast, to the Saint who, scowling fiercely, yet left for ono brief moment of res plto the gates ajar Just so far ns might permit n slender freshman to slide through and be counted with the righteous? These things nro of Col lege, not n college. It simply was CiiAnt.FS Van Maiitkk'h great good fortune to bo their exemplar among the Tiger folk. "Proxy" Patton wont out, Wood row Wilson went in; Johnny Deo nan and tho prehistoric proctors gave way to a now cohort; James OnoRiKi.HOfH (or Johnson?), slave bought free by Prlncetonlnns, nrlNt in tho stutter, pedlor of apples and sweets, wns eternally emancipated; Sam passed nn to hunting grounds that are not one whit more happy; and "St. Peter" lingered, knowing more about Princeton than Princeton men knew, students, professors or trustees, ltlpenlng with thu years, ho nttalned a silver dignity such ns blesses fiw even of time's most fa vored ones. Gonial, kindly, with a wit of his own nnd a wonderful store of memories, ho seemed to share tho immortal youth of tho noble Institu tion ho to nobly seryed, Tho world. was a better world for having CrtASLM Van Masttb In it; not a worm world for his going from it, for thero is n precious terrestrial Immortality, In memory. Is It pormlRslblo to moralize, mildly, that the value of tho Chnrles Van Mnrters to this world Is that they glvo out, from humblo stations, an intluonco thnt reaches wibtly, wveetly, to tho outermost bounds of tho so ciety of man? Suffrage by Hchrrckltt-hkelt. The Jangling of telephone bells on Thursday must hnvo been heard In Mar. Suffrage speaking: "Do you believe In me?" Hardly a fair test; peoplo will say to the phono things that In moments of calm and comfort would never be permitted to pas the portals of their speech. An index of civic Importance, how ever; tit least, of It as gauged by tho 6iiffruglst censors. If you were not asked to stuto this articlo of your faith you may conclude that you nro not regarded as one who sways the opinion of others. Tho anemometer Is said to hare re corded a good round favoring breeze; would It were n cooler draught. Tho weather hen on almost every gable peak of suffrage pointed In tho direc tion In which the ladles yearn. 'The barbers of Albany nro suffrngo to n man." Will our dog day philoso phers explain this fact of caste or Inbor union unanimity? Policemen of tho metropolis are "more than favorable." Ministers, "to a man," rallied round tho flag. Doc tors "responded eagerly." In Long Island districts returns were "fair." It Is tho playtime of tho ye.tr, and the canvass was necessarily Incom plete. If, however, the nbentees di vldo ns do tho stay nt homes, the suf fragists may bo encouraged. But mere mnn has not become wholly devoid of spirit. Two gaps at least In tho suffrage line are rrimrtcd. Justice GircEnicii, giving no reasons, lioldly and flatly declared his opposi tion, and iu Albany General Amasa J. Parker announced himself "op iHised, totally nnd absolutely." He called the women "wild creatures.' militant but not military, who need to bo nnd are intended to bo "controlled by men." Even the women must wel come some llttlo break in the monot ony of tame surrender. Opposition Is a spur. But if tho campaign Is to be one of Schreckllchkelt with the devils of tho wire on wdman's sldo wo can only wait for November 2 and tho slaughter. To woman wo say: As you are powerful, be nlso merciful! Music ninl Diplomacy. On the wholo It Is unfortunate that the contribution of the Government of the United States to the musical edu cation of Mr. Harry L. Wilson's family took no other form. Both from Washington nnd from Portland, Ore., the Wilson home town, wo learn that tho qualification which made urgent tho appointment of Mr. Wilson to n clerkship In the American consulate In Berlin was that ho desired to give his daughter tho advantages of musical instruction in the German capital. We are not Informed thnt he was even a deserv ing Democrat. But the ndvantaires to his family of musical instruction abroad were obvious'. So ho was npi-oliiti'il as a matter of course. And In the foreign field thus laid open to him for nn exhibition of his diplomatic discretion and his nice sense of his rosjionMhllltles In a criti cal season, Mr. Wilson Is now under arrest technically charged with at tempt to leave the country in viola tion of passport regulations and with reports of a much more serious of fence In abeyance, an offence of no less magnitude than conspiracy to aid the cscaiio of an alien enemy by means of a fraudulent American pass, port. In view of our own Govern ment's annoyances from similar frauds Involving Germans, tho pleas ing nature of an episode of this sort nel hardly be dwelt upon. As to both tho technical and the graver charge suggested against Mr. Wilson there will or course bo bus jienslon of opinion until tho facts are fully revealed following adjudication by the German courts. But in the meantime we may at least venture tho hopo that tho United States Gov ernment's eleemosynary contributions to the musical education of promising young ladles may he heron fler applied with n llttlo closer scrutiny of tho embarrassing ioKlbllltles Involved. Tito Labyrinth. It Is now tho last of July, nnd since early in May two armies, each sti porlor In numbers to tho nriules that contended In tho decisive battle of Waterloo, have been struggling to capturo or hold tho small watershed where rise the tributaries of tho Scheldt thnt flow Into ihe plain of Flanders. On neither side Is the bat tle front more than ten miles. Dominating tho nrea of operations Is the famous "Labyrinth" between Kciirlo nnd ltoclincourt, nn intricate system of tunnels and underground ways constructed by the Germans and once considered by them Impregnable. In some places these bun'owlngs go down sixty feet beneath the surface. Such desperate and bloody fighting as has marked thu lighting in the "Labyrinth," each assault apparently n forlorn hopo, tho world hns never known before, Tho concentration of artillery tiro has lieen terrific, charg ing men have found themselves fac ing the discharges of concealed ma chine gnus, and a lino of trenches once Invaded hand grenades have been usisl by both defenders nnd assail, ants, often by tho flare of torches flourished in tho "bowels of the earth." Automatic revolvers, knives and bayonets have finally decided tho hand to hand combats. According to tho latest despatches, n large part of the "Labyrinth" was In possession of the French nnd the Germans hnd become the assailants, Tho "labyrinth" Is no longer consld. ered Impregnable by Its builders. High explosives bursting In the trenches havo shattered them, converted thorn hero nnd thoro Into ragged holes In tho ground Wg enough to bury a com pany In, and even tho machine guns that wcro not blown Into the nlr hnvo failed to stop tho rush of tho Intrepid I'rench mrautry. Their achievement hns been magnificent, nnd it has been war ns tho scientific moderns conduct war. Now It is tho turn of the Ger mans to take the offensive in tho "Labyrinth" nnd win back Intrench tnents they hnvo lost. What is the importance of this small watershed thnt men should die by thousands to possess It, soaking the soil with their blowl? Why did the Germans dig themselves In in the maze called tho "Labyrinth"? Tho answer is that tho region hns n price less economic vnlun for tho Invaders. It has been cnlted "the great coal Held of France." No sooner wore tho Ger mans in possession of It than the smoke of factories filled tho sky. To tho northeast of the collieries, nnd not far distant, Is tho groat indus trial city of Lille. Gormnn strategy Includes not only the destruction or capture of armies and tho taking of cities nnd seaiorts but the possession of mineral Innds, chiefly those yield ing coal nnd copper, that nre needed If tho war Is ever to bo carried on to u successful conclusion. This explains in largo mensure the great movement to drive tho ltusslnns out of Galleia and Poland. The Ger mans, to whom tho seas nro closed, are producing In territory conouered by them most of those materials that ' enter Into tho manufacture of war munition. If the "Labyrinth" wor-, no more than it strategic position It , would not be worth all the blood that . Is being lmured out to regain nnd bold 1 tho intrenchmonts lost. But it com mands a rich coal region, nnd coal is becoming a precious metol to the Teutonic allies. Aftr a very iplrlted romh.it they nero driven out of the trenohe, whlr-h they hnd -succeeded tn occupying with Hie cm option of one point, where they retained twenty yards of n eaphead In advntiei of our front. French com nunlqu4. Some snphend, The common or gar den variety seldom approximates such majestic proportions. Harvard University Is repmi!lble for driving practically nil of the liu!ne. Interest of Cambridge orT the rlvor City Solicitor of CambrMo'. Unfair Fair Harvard? Americans from Villa territory to-day J continued recent reports that Villa bad executed a number of railroad men for tending him a round robin refusing to nreept his money for wages. F.l l'ato tclrc. Tho Mexican theory of arbitration. pe.i captain likes his name. .Wtrj pnper headline. Here It i. Bi.ia PArrAcosTANorouLos. Ami thoy sny that when he pronounces It It Is ns "musical as tho rippling of a brook." Gentry county. MI.ourl. according to the Stato returns this year, grows more bltm grass than nny county In tho world. Besides, Missouri Is cred ited with growing more blue grass than nil the 5tntes combined north of her northern border and more than nil tho States south of her southern bor der. And, she delivers this blow to Kentucky: "Missouri bluesrasi jee.1 l shlped to Kentucky and there mixed with local Iduegrass In order thnt thn Kentucky Wucgrans eed may we'gli out." Is, then, "Kentucky, tho blu grass State," ii misnomer or Is her neighbor merely endeavoring to appropriate one of her famed Institutions? Wo hnvo had, however, only an Im pertinent rellcrntlon of the ltrltlh point of view. When I nay "we" I nt' an tho Amerlctn people. Herman Itipnrn in the Scw-Yurkcr SI 'iiits-Zi ftuny. Did Mr. RintiEH think that we could for ono moment suppnso ho referred to tho German people? SCANDINAVIA'S ATTITUDE. Why Unto Ihn Northern Kingdoms .Submitted to German Aggression? To tub 1'DiTon or The Sun sir: I would IIUo to hnuw tho reason why wo hear of no ntnps t Ins taken by tho Swedish nnd Norwegian fiovernments In respect of their ships being sunk by tho Uerin.m submarines. Is It not utrango that they should keep on losing ships of all sizes up to 5,000 tons aiM Jet not convxy to the Ocrinim Government entne Intimation that further il image would lead to seri ous troublo between tho two Govern ments? America hns plainly given Germany to understand that Its ships cannot bo torpedoed and i!'elr ciew.s pft to thn nieiey of the n ,i without Germany having to foot tho fc.ll. .1 Ixjwtmks. Hnttai:ponT, Conn., July 20. IRISH LOYALTY, Question ns to Ihn Ilecordi of flic Sons of llrln. To Tils Kiutoii or Tun Sun Sir: Tho gratuitous llttlo ulap In TllK Hr.M of to day nt the "young Irishmen who made no necret of thu f.ct that they left home, to avoid consirlptlon" Is In my humble opinion not merited. May I ask whether you have, nny facts which would show that tho Irish, young or old, ever dodged ncrvicu under or deiert-il a Hag which eomin.iiulej their renpect or deserved their loyalty. And further, what Is their history with especial reference, to th Star anil Striped? Miciiakl O'Kuluvan. New York, July 28. Postage Stamps and Battleships, To THE l.MTOR OE The Sl'N ,s-(r: If everybody who buys a dollar's vvoith of stamps loses from ono to nix on nccount of poor mateilal und, wn should bo nbla lo liulld a few extra battleships and things. Papier Macks. Pater-son, N. J July 30, I'riMperlty. The bumper cropt Now hump th humpa, And lumper atocki Now, Jump th Jumpa, J- WHENCE THE REVENUES? Certain Contributions to the Govern ment's Support Compared, To the FotToit of Tub Hun Sir: Tho Antl-Haloon League convention In At lantic City adjourned without giving nny otllclal expression as to how tho Fed eral Government could adopt national prohibition without suffering the lose) of $250,000,000 annual Tevenues. Tho leaders of the league announced that this practical question would bo discussed at tho convention nnd that practical business men and statesmen would present workable plans to abolish the, Fodrr.il tax on liquors without crippling th Government or Imposing new burdens of taxntlon on the people. So far ns the Federal Government Is concerned this question of revenuo Is tho Important one. Liquors were long ago considered legitimate objects of Federal taxation, leaving to the States the regu lation of the trarrio In them. The Fed enl Government now receives $260,000, 000 revenue from liquors nnd It cannot dispense with this revenue without re trenching In Its expenditures or creating new taxation lo make up tho delicti to be created. Thero were practical business men present, llko ex-UOvernor IXigeno N. Foss, who Is a large manufacturer, served a term tn Congress and two terms as Governor of Massachusetts, but Mr. Foss did not touch on this practical cconomlo question. Senator Khepprd of Texas, ex-ltopreisentatlve 1 lob-on of Alabama, both of whom have bad long experience tn legislation and lioth earn ost advocates of larger appropriations for the navy, for river nnd harbor work and for large appropriations to aid agriculture In the South, but while both nro rndlcul prohibitionists neither suggested a taxation plan to secure $210,000,000 revenues to be wiped out by national prohibition. Tho only suggestion so far made on this point Is from the He v. P. A. Baker, general eupcrlntendent of tho league. Mr. Haker says In the Year Hook of the league: The adoption of th Income tas amend ment to th federal Constitution furntjhei th answer to the revenue problem. Thnt suggestion Is the only one that has been ofTered. nnd It Is Interesting to the people of New Yoik In particular nnd to the large cities nr.d industrial States In general. The returns from the recond jear of the Federal Inioqio tax ara now obtainable. This tax pro duced about $S0.00O.0on and failed to wipe out the large deficit in the Treasury. Tho people of thn .state if .W.v York 'ontrlbutcd J27,C2S,.66. or more than one-third nf this Iso.Omi nno, tho flnnn- ,al dlstrlet of New York -,tv rontributud $1.1.000.000, or more thn- one-sixth nf the total, and the thru- states of New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois nearly $12,000,000, or more than out-half the total. On the basts of wealth, which Is the basis for taxation ee vv here, the peo ple of New York pay th rteen times the Income tax rate to the Federal Govern ment that tho people of Iowa. Kansas, Oklahoma and other rural and agricul tural States paid. Thiji Is not st illa tion. It la demonstrated by the otllclal reports of the Commissioner of Internal lb-venue and of the Census Otllce. The special census report .n wealth for 1SI2 i.-cd.ts New Y'rk State with an aggre gate wealth amounting to 25.011, 1 OS. 223 nnd n taxable wealth of $21,912, C29.50T. There was property valued at $3, OSS. I7T.. 710 exempt from taxation be cause it belonged to churches, sehools, rhnrlty organizations and to the public In the fotm of property of the State and the municipalities. Hy the returns to the Commissioner of Internal ltever.ue the people of New York paul !2?.fi2S, 700 tax on their Incomes to the Federal Government. That was equal to a tnx of one and tlnee-tenths mills on evwrv dollar of taxable wealth Iu the State of New York. The State of Iowa has the largest per capita wealth In the Fulled, St.itis with the exception of Nevada itlone. Tho total wealth of Iowa Is given at ".0i. 151.211 and the tirable w-ilih nt $7,137,03 1.s3t, leaving $tal.3.'.9,377 ex empt limn taxation. The peoplo of Iowa paid to the Federal Government $733, ISS Income tax, or less than one-tenth of n mill on each dollar of wealth. In New York the ln onie tax rate on w-ealth vas thirteen times greater than that In Iowa, nnd yet th.. Federal Government Is pledged to no Inequality In Its tax ation upon the various States of the Union. The States of Kansas, Okla homa, Nebraska, South Carolina. Ala bama, Mississippi and Washington were like Iowa In paying only one-tenth of a mill on each dollar of taxable wealth, whlb- In Nmth and South Dakota tho rate fe.l to five-hundredth of t m il, or one-twenty. tlfth of the rate fur New Y'irli. The three States of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania paid a rate of nine-tenths of n mill, while all New Kngland paid nt the rat" of six tenths of a mill, with the rate for Massa chusetts eight-tenths of a mill. Thero vvero Inequalities all over the country, but In the States with largo cities anil great Industries the rate wns from four to ten times tho rato In the ngrlculturnl States, If tho Income tax Is to be the way to ralso $250,000,000 to take tint p'.ice of tho liquor tax thero will have to be raised $330,000,000 by this form of tux atlon, and New York will under the pres. tut rate have to pay moro than $100,. 000,000 a ear as mi Income tax to the Federal Government. It Is a suggestion of vital Interest to the people of New York. II. J. Kaltenhaoii, President New Vork State Whole, sale l.lqunr Dealers Association. New Yonu, July 27. Pleasant Pxpcclntlnns Aroused by H, James's Departure. To the Kpitor or THE SCNSlr: Now that llenrv .lame, i:q.. Is an Hngllsh citl7en will ha vvrlto his books In the Kngllsh language" I nsk to know. Hoping you will do the same, IIOSHtMl'US-jAOOW. Hosoken, July 29. flermnn Itolnnd for VnclMi (Hirer. To uia KniTiin or Tim Pi-s--.tie: Mau rice Leon eajj In a letter to Tils Srs that the ruthless urbitrnrlnes. ef the. Germans li ihown by the declaring contraband of llax. As Mr. I.eon Is eemlncly well versed In International law, hy does he net rlv the llt et contraband arbitrarily declared by the Allies eltKe the war started? H. J. Hi-TIia. Nawisic, N J , July 30. 1'aeetlotis rroaressUlsnv. To Tn KniToa or Til" Sis le: For President, 1916, Sheriff ICIniiead of New Jersey. Tor Vice. President, Theodore Koosevelt of New York. Two strong men. K. J. W, WisiiiMiTos, I). C. July SI. Suburban Ipilet, KnlcUer DIJ thoy hava porch 7 sleeping llocker Yn, the darned thine snored. ncnullful Neutrality. The Venus of MI'o explained. "An endeavor to be neutral," she said; "arum are munition of nar" The Camem. Fair women ek to chronic! Their charms of outward rrnca, While ou In mood Ironical Drpli t n hidden facet Or mark the wrinkle's etexlthy path lleneath the flnsers of your wraUi. Ilut when a baby rnmei to ycu Hy IoUiik mother nt, Thrro's nothliiK left for you to do Hut unlft.y to relent, And place on record hero bcloir The acrU ttlilcli Ui aiigela know, - -I., HaJWaj, MR. HERTWIG'S PARABLE. Turthcr KomsrVs on tho Case of Uncle Sam ts. John Bull. To the Editor of Tns Bun Sir: In his parable Mr. Hertwig establishes himself as Germany, casts "Mr, Jones" as Kngland and completes the company with a Judge between them which he entitles "President Wilson." Curiously enough, If one Is to have any respect for Mr. Hertwlg's sincerity, he exactly reverses tho plain faots of tho caae be tween tho actual Germany and the actual Kngland and for the purpose of his parable sets up the statement that he (Germany) had been attacked by Mr. Jones (Kngland). At this point, therefore, Mr. Ilortwlg nnd his parable would bo thrown out of any court as untruthful llut, really, Mr, Hertwlrs nctlon as to the origin of the war, which he could hardly expect any one outside of Ger many to swallow, "cuts r.o ice" in con necting hts parable with any iru be tween America nnd Germany. It Is a purely gratuitous flight of fancy on Mr. Hertwlgn part to Install President Vll?on as a judge between Hrrtwlg (Germany) and Jones (Kng land). President Wilson has no such function. The President of th United States Is c-illlng Hertwlg (Germany) to account for killing 121 Americans with out the slightest Justification either under International law or the common dictates of humanity. Hertwlg has al ready admitted the unlawfulness of these murders by the ploa that they ' of ... ,1 m t In .,.,i1lntlr,n f.. - ..... . .. t. committed by Jones (Kngland) on Hert wlg, which Is u matter purely between these p.vrtlcs and does not concern America or President Wilson. If Mr. Hertwlg cannot see his way clear to take his complaints against Mr. Jones to the proper tribunal be might at least confine his statement of them to Gorman publications where he may be sure they will be welcomed. In any American newspaper such remarks, par ticularly when they aro accompanied by suggestions to "toss tho Declaration of Independence to the flimes," "apologlr.o for George Washington a a traitor," Ac, are exceedingly offensive. What America Is outraged at Is the 'cold blooded murder of 121 Americans I and "It cannot bo denied that these i ItertwigVl cvcentrlcltle.s of reasoning have given us n considerable momentum toward war with Germany." They ara unbearably Insolent. John D. Rlwell. New Yont;, July 30. Is President Wilson Acting ns Judge? To the KMTon or THE PUN .S'r: It sennis to me that the letter of Mr. Her man A Hertwlg published In The SUN contains a great many "eccentricities of reasoning." He bases his plea for Germany on tho ground that Mr. Wilson acts the Judge between the belligerents, nnd as such Is partial. This Is a misconception. The rresldent doe not set up to bo a Judce . ho Is simply the man who Is annoyed by the violent brawls In which his neighbor cngace. John Pull hns broken a window or two, but Schreck llchkelt has murdered one of Uncle Sam's children. It would bo an "ex treme eccentricity of reasoning" to ex pect that Mr. Wilson would handle both offenders In similar fashion. The offence of John Hull can, and probably will, bo duly paid for nt the prorer t'me, after he his calmed down. The offence of Schreckllchkelt Is Irrep arable from the tlret. They are not treated allko because the crime of one s far more serious than tho crime of the other. Kven It Mr. Wilson were the Judge, his attitude would be equally un changed and equally Just. Kngland. even now, shows a willing ness to treat with Us on our own "basis of action." Germany tells us all about Jrfferson, and propoa Impossible schemes. She will allow us to trade on the high seas, nlthough she herself has not a vessel of any kind floating upon them. Who said that the Germans have no sense of humor7 This country has nothing to fear from tho "Anglophiles." Every true American knows what the attitude of Kngland toward us has always been, llut that cannot prevent every true American from being nn Anglophile In the sense that he appreciates the law and the Ideals of democracy and liberty which his nation has Inherited from Kng land. Tho only peril to this country comes from the eccentricities of prattle given forth by tho kultur soaked minds of the twcntloth centurv Germans In America. James M. Holzman. New York, July 80. Is the Parallel n Fair Sample of Knl tural llnllghleiiment'.' To the Koitor or The SUNSIr: The violent attack on the President's fairness, Iokic and Justice by lle.-nnn A Hrrtwlg may bo palpated, perhnps, by assuming him to bo one of our citizens of recent German origin : had It come from a person of longer line.iRo among us It would mark him as wholly degenerated from an original Inheritance of decent Americanism. The absurdity of the example which he puts forward as a parallel of our na-, tlonal situation Is sublime In Its blind t partisanship. Ileea.vs: "I am attacked t on the street with n knife and pistol by I Mr Jones, and I wound him seriously in I self-defence. I am taken to court on a charge of assault and battery and enter a plea of self-defence. If Mr. Wilson wero sitting upon tho bench my plea would bo rejected." What wild freak of thn Imagination leads this slmlllst to fancy Mr. Wilson sitting in Judgment on the Injuries done his Fngllsh .Mr Jones' Our President hns not cmcerned himself olllcially with what Germany may do to Kuglnnd, nor has ho presumed to display his private feel nits In the matter. Surely Mr. Hert wlg knows this. Thn American cltlien passing by In tho htrcet In pursuit of his lawful busi ness ha.s bfen stabbed by ono of the lighters. Mr. Wilson la protesting tho injury done this Innocent passerby, whom Mr. Hertwlg does not even men tlon. Mr. Hertwlg must know this also, and iu Ignoring the essential nnd sole cause of our dlrfeienco with Germany his Intended p.uallel is utterly and ludi crously inane. It Is true that In ndditlon to being stnlibed by ono of the antagonists the American cltlren has been Jostled by the other. Hut Is Mr. Ilertwlg-s blindness so complete that he believes any rational pet son r Intelligent hit on can be mis led Into making no distinction between "Jostled" and "stabbed"? If the llliisttatlnn quoted nnd the rea soning accompanying It nro a fair sam plo of kultur.tl enlightenment tho less wo have of It In til s country tho better for all concerned If It Is nn example of dellbeinte misrepresentation It stamps the species of kultur tnsplrlnj- It ns grossly lacking In a sene of Justice, In either caeo u man who l.s capable of offering nn argument concerning tho American contention from which a con. slderatlon of America Ih wholly excluded Is totally unfit to address the publlo on any aspect of tho controversy. If thoso Gorman Americans who are so ready to discern Ilrltlvli Influenco In American International conduct would Amerlcaiilzn themselves sufllclontty to lenin how antagonistic to audi Influences tho real American stock of this country hns been from the beginning of Its his. tory they possibly might abandon, nt least In public, a llttlo of their puerile dnluslon that their Vnterlnnd Is the vic tim of a British-American conspiracy. Such symptoms of alienation are dls. gtistlngly offensive to normal minds. The respect In which Kngland now Is held by genuine nnd unpervertcd Americans has been earned by her worthy nnd friendly conduct towsrd us through sev cmiI generations, nnd has established It self among us In spile of strong heredi tary prepossessions. Fred Metcalt, I'L.u.NtriELD, N, July 30, M'CALL FAILS TO HEED LEGISLATORS Neglects Thompson Commit tee's Invitation to Attend Elevated Rond Hearing. OTHERS STAY AWAY TOO Chairman Edward R. McCatI and three other members of the Pubtlo Ser vice Commission of the First district who were wanted failed to appear yes terday In response to the Invitation of Semtor Thompson's leglslatlvo com mittee which Is making an Investigation of various matters related to tho draw ing of a new law by which the Publlo Service Commissions are to be governed. It was this committee which tried very hard last January to get enough In formation of dereliction of duty to mike It possible for Oov. Whitman to temove the Democratic members of the New York city commission. Disregard of the request of the com Tnlttce by Chairman McCall sind Com missioners Cram, Wood nnd Williams agitated the legislators considerably. Speeches pertinent to tho situation were made. Secretary Travis II, Whitney tried to mako the Senators understand that he was entirely capable of giving the committee all of the Information It desired. Thu commllleo would havo none of him. Mr. Whitney said right out In meeting that the committee showed plainly Us desire to create a situation rcltectlng on Judge McCall. Senator Burr thought It necessary to warn the newspaper men present that no disrespect for Judge McCall was Intended by theso who had spoken, which prompted Senator Lewis, counsel for the committee, to remark that he stated facts and anybody could draw any conclusion he wished. Back of the speeches and the discus sion which followed was tho fact that the legislators had Intended to pack their grips yesterday afternoon nnd seek respite In the country or In tholr home towns until September. When tho sir geant at arms reported that bo could Hnd no ono except Commissioner II ty ward and Secretary Whitney It was ivl dent that the committee Trust either forego lt.s questioning of Chairman Me Call and the others or remain In tho city until next week. Senator Thompson inaugurated nn executive session to discuss this matter. The result was that the committee de cided to stay over and Secretary Whit ney was Informed that nt 11 o'clock Monday morning the Public Service Coxmlssloncrs may expect the legisla tors In tho hearing room of the commis sion. Mr. Whitney snld he thought all the Commissioners would be there. The matter on which the Commis sioners wero called Is that of the re construction of an elevated railroad through Fulton street, Brooklyn. Deputy Commissioner Delos F. Wilcox of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Klectrlclty gave to the comtrlttee I his views on public utility corporations and their management. B. K. T. ADOPTS INSURANCE PLAN Pollclra Would Total S's.nno.noO If All i:ilall'le Tool; 31 Illinium. The Urooklyn Kapld Trans t Company announced yesterday that under an ar rangement made with a large Insurance company all of Its emploce.s who hive been two years or more with tho com- pany may Insure under tho so-called "group" plan. Those cllgtblo number about 8,000. I Any employee may take Insurance up to $5,000, subject to the usual ex- j amlnatlon, but If ns many ns 5.000 apply under tho plan the examination, requirement will be waived. The in pany agrees to pay one-half the annuil premium on Insurance up to Sl.ouo atiJ the entire premium In the case of those who, after taking out Insurance, are retired under Us pension system and ' nlso In the case of thoso who after ten years service havo had their earning capacity reduced through partial dis ability. Thu total amount of Insurance In volved should all those tliglblo tako tho I minimum amount of $1,000 would be about $S,000.000. Tho Insurance will bo taken for one year, but Is tenewable from year to year Indefinitely. It Is i said that the nnnu.il premium, which Is to be paid In the llrst placo by tho II. It. T., Is believed to be the lowest on record. For those under 32 It will mean ubout 7 cents n week, nnd for thoso betwien 32 and 40 about S cents. Employees have the option of discontinuing the Insurance nt the expiration of any -.ear. Special privileges with respect to ex changing It for other kinds of policies arc also attached, NEW LONG ISLAND CHURCH. I.nttliiKI own I'liiipel Hceooies S, John's liplscopnl, IiOCttST Vai.let, I.. I.. July 30.--t.Rt tlnrtown Chapel has been im orop.ited ns nn Kplscop.il church of the diocese of Long Island and the H"V Charles, v. Illnton, formerly of Christ Church, Vlcksburg. Miss, hns been appointed rictnr. The chapel was built about two years ago by a few of the colonists, and uno, that tlmo union services have been b. id there at Intervals by vatlouw ciervj men. From now on services will bo h.-'.d regu larly In the church, tho congregation ,,f which numbers about twenty-live. St. John's Episcopal Church Is tho namu selected. J. Pierpont Morgan and John T. l'ratt are the wardens, Tho vest r nu n nro Henry 1. Davison, John K. Al.li.d. Her bert l.eo Pratt, William J Tully. Kimum S. Wlllard nnd Christopher !. Smithers of Manhattan. Harold I l'ratt and Har vey Murdoch of Brooklyn and Mndieon Hum of Glen Cove. THE SEAG0ERS. Vojniirr. Who Still 'I'u-ilii V r- rltiila From lliiriipr, Sailing to-day by tho American liner Philadelphia for I.lvei pool : Mr nnd Mrs ilryunliU lo mid Mrs O K Albertml l.snntt W C Divl.on Mr end Mrs II W WpJtr; l-illlot Mork-.m Vincent llirrn Mr -onl Mrl Jirron Mr and Mrs II R K 1'otter lllgrlnbuihuu Mr and Mr. A Nor Mr an I Mm 1 K man Youni Horner Arrivals by the French liner Chicago from Bordeaux; Owen Johnson Dr F-lwird Msrouls Walter Hale Jon.vili Wliltmr i:in- Kmil Paths nri Itus'oll Huntlnr Julen I-oupp Frrdinanl llukon The Pananu-Pacltlo liner Finland, sailing to-dny for San Fr.iticl.sco, will tako 250 Harvard alumni, who will have reunions In California. Among her pas. sengers are: Mr and Mrs (leorr John Crotur flrown Lauder ('arneirl Moore 1 T J Oaklejr Ilhlne- Aiumim Hcm.nav. lu.ilir Jr Prof Kdwsrd Call- V I'nmeion M -Ve'rh ' ej Moore IMiilin Kip 111 lie ' M and Mrs Arthur lander I Gnlterman Mr and Mrs. Tucker CONGRESS MAY ACT ON LACK OF ARMS Munition Makers in t s. Couij Not Supply American Forces in JJic: War. SHIPMENTS ATSltOAD Allow Washington, July .10 I- a nn opportunity, otllrers ol i t, partment w-IJI lay before e , , Congress next winter startum- , . figure. regarding the eon- . . ammunition by thn forces i the lack of facilities tn the t to turn out cartridges oi; 1 ' . , anything like the rnpidln ie i . modern narf.ue. Information gathered by .!. rj-. Wood, commander of tt.e I . Ii slon, and by other ollli er.s i ' . - through various chanm-is, as The Sit.N this morning, en , M ploded tho myth that tho war I ,r ;, Is being fought by the Aille.s w 'h Ai.. lean manufactured nmimit.it .- L'p to date tho Amerb-an n r ."tics constitutes but n small fraction of 1 p.. cent, of tho total consumption by allied forces In the field. A HUnstantlal Increase, In th- s' ; n trom the I'nlted States l.s in a r. begin. This will Kititi: u t: - . i tt next six months. To army of -n however, it uppears certain t' i! A r. lean plants, with ail their : Ins . lug up Into the millions, will f . . ., least within tie- comlrg Jcir. I ' a r small part of the ammu-.l;. a :...t be oi sinned. Atie-rii-Htt Industry Ii i.s ! . . Ing tor tlilti wutk tor e.x tin.- i s , plants began a year ngo, but i - , f. fort was nut made ui.'nl aft.- t . iti of tli. s ear. I'.eiity f lien y , i ,r. acleristlc Amerie.in enteip-.-o s.e br: behr d the ufforts, but wn.i .... , majority of theso pla-t.s a-e n ready to begin the ttai ami.unl'ion In co.-ulir.i Had this United Statu ! f on Its soil n of t'.e t contending In Europe It wu-i i hopelessly beaten months i f - , of mun't'ons. This wns u -. u .q-l hero to-dny bv men who i f, , ..r with the det.i.ls of the ! ' i . i :m by the W.tr Department otVo The enpecity of G'ierr.'ii ' a--. nltln plants running tvvi.'s-t i v.rs a day Is nho million r.il'i c.i ' Mil dnily. The United States has c- 1 'i arsenals or appropriated fur . I. w round. Germany bgan tho wa.r vvi". (I , - i for each man In tho lb ' I . it rltles. For each rifle she bad . ' I of ammunition n, toial st' to begin the war 'if rounil. llr domestic 1 1 1-'- ' a tallied a production sir. e I . -In ke ping v1:n He a le. i when the war beiran The maximum t-ntue'tv r plants In this esnu.try t" ' their extet.s'.otis ai l ji-.: - i l.OoO.ooO rounds a d.i.v l-i . the United States o-U.i -position lo pi v.de itseif v .i Milan fractional siil of . . . 1 need wera u a p i t to t loullict or one l.ke .;. CLOTHING DESIGNERS ADJOURN I'llllll s,.,slon I'ollox I'll !. l Han fillet In tlir l.senliiu Daniel K. ltyan of the i a m.ttce of the Clothing Pes . tlon of America, nt vis'i session of tlm convent "i. Martinique, talked li. o , tules art In a garment ' I' winces," ho said, ''wN u ' ' proclaims art is ltii;.c ready made garuuii " ! .' trade h.is ia.ii'e.i a "What toimtitut. s . ' he asked. "Does u .' perament of the w..i..: constructed, or the i i signer nnd his Jmui" 1 It. If It Is the 1 1 ' 1 r ' ; Into mater.als. line 1 ' - pert eoii.-tiuetlon, ai d . of Issue." Mr. ltyan then s ml ' ' that lneuto an at: in.iieri.il for th" t- . . i Weil as out, ai ' : ' ' which the seam ;'.! - form to tho outln I pu t Journe men's w designer's Idea of ! ples-il g. The i onvention c ime ' i with i bar luet t w McNabli, pi es, di tit " sided S.one of t , Ita.ph Siv:'!i, D V . . v , I tint. II A c.rilbi ' ' 1 la ry S mens, J ii- v Miller. S im lei Km i. ' ' M S.'hu.i't?., 1. Fane, i M.i x A. i Ii ism.ir. A M -Wh.te. TO ORDAIN LENOX r,kTrR Hlslmii liner Will I llei, W. I.. V . I.ENi.X, July .10- 1 1 K.ivv ri ii'-u V 1, '! ' I 'hulmct'M Wood nf v tailed to Tri'i.ty Up I. i-ttos. will be i. i.l ' tlm ihuri'li by tl l . ' II. Greer, lflsLop f Not mount Ilaibor, M- . The Itev. .Mr V.- i a deacon In the Cut I in 111 13. Miss clem. ' i i a dinner putty t" i. ' '. lor the lb v and Mt v Ml.s Ad. lo Kni'i'i n I 1 CetsUIII . on an eut to i Mis. William II S t. to-ila to New 1'i'U ' ' ampioti to puss tl t. w mid Mrs. William r 1 uhlgri n ond tie- Katharine mid lit. to-day for lloston. i leturn to I.enox to-in. 1'ahlgreti will c""tn, Mr mill Mm. lb i.i ' i nti it.i'iied at il ie i i I irritant. Ml ' I ' " been visiting her u. c ILirlow. has j;i.m.. , ' Conn. Mr. and Mi Ii. tij.imin, who vvn i Williiun II. Itacon. I to vm.t Mr ninl Mi- i im: . M..--S Mnrv c . li i at nni! to sit F. U' U'T In T.v i iim "' Amb.isi i. lor and , i Mi i l.i.nu.g Pi .ie " ' s. liur of ill"1 i Ii l in t 1 I'l in, vmi 1'apeii. i ilw i ii i in, in Cuil-.i." i ( 'oiisul-t o ticr.il m N. w ! von Nuber. Sim" I luin beon at the l'epl n - At tho reception giv- i 1 Chester- French nt ' . M-ira.iret French m I !! hoonmnUer of Ni w V ih' iiliHctico of Mrs. Un Kingston, N. Y. At living nt Fo'ir T rii el1 mi th's ,ifi ih'. ii M K .ii I ' ii, '.!. . i l-r li n I I ' ' II -l I 1 . i lb ', i. W.i' at a eroii of Ltustuu, I. t n l. oil. WlaUvop Covrdla Ualaud